Racist?

[stretch]

http://www.tmz.com/2008/08/11/spanish-bball-team-takes-their-eyes-off-the-ball/

you be the judge.

[ChumpDumper]

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I think there are two correct answers.

[dickface]

yeah but it's Asian people. Nobody cares if you're racist against them.

[JamStone]

Fucking Euro spics

[RonMexico]

I have a small request that someone post the contents of this article because TMZ is blocked at work.

[hater]

well they are white, so they must be racist.

[dickface]

I have a small request that someone post the contents of this article because TMZ is blocked at work.

the entire Spanish team is making the "me chinese, me play joke, me put peepee in your Coke" face.

[CubanMustGo]

the entire Spanish team is making the "me chinese, me play joke, me put peepee in your Coke" face.

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tmz.com/media/2008/08/0811_spanish_basketball.jpg

[RonMexico]

Hahahah... typical Spaniards.

[lefty]

I have a small request that someone post the contents of this article because TMZ is blocked at work.

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tmz.com/media/2008/08/0811_spanish_basketball.jpg

The Spanish national basketball team, gold medal contenders at the Olympics in Beijing, was featured in a full page ad that shows the team pulling back at their eyes in a slanty-eyed gesture. According to the Guardian, the ad (which is for a freight company) ran in a Spanish newspaper.

An e-mail to the Spanish Basketball Federation was not immediately returned.

[Tully365]

Your poll becomes pretty worthless when you're asking about racism and also asking if a rival poster is "a fag."

Hard to believe there wasn't one guy on that team who didn't question this or refuse to participate.

[dickface]

Your poll becomes pretty worthless when you're asking about racism and also asking if a rival poster is "a fag."

explain that one.

[RonMexico]

Your poll becomes pretty worthless when you're asking about racism and also asking if a rival poster is "a fag."

Hard to believe there wasn't one guy on that team who didn't question this or refuse to participate.

You do realize that these are Spanish people, right? They're used to conquering native people... much like the Chinese conquer Tibetans or people who are HIV-positive. I don't think it's racist... they're simply showing some cross-nation brotherhood.

[Oh, Gee!!]

I can"t tell what they're doing

[timvp]

Not very good racism. Too tall. If they would have been on there knees, then maybe.

[MajorMike]

and showed they have little weiners.

[RonMexico]

and showed they have little weiners.

Per usual, Mike is obsessed with the penis...

[Kobayagi]

There's always been a lot of racism in spanish sports, so no surprises there.

Proof 1 (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article3301086.ece)

Proof 2 (http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2004/oct/07/newsstory.sport5)

Proof 3 (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=359957&&cc=5739)

Can't decide who is worse, the Italians or the Spaniards.

[nkdlunch]

Can't decide who is worse, the Italians or the Spaniards.

a mix between the two = Argentines :lol

[I. Hustle]

If they would have pretended to have buck teeth then it would have been better

[Texas_Ranger]

Those bastards!

[I. Hustle]

It would have been better if they were pretending to lose control of their cars

[nkdlunch]

or urinating in chinese food

[The Franchise]

Damn koba!!! I knew there were ignorant people but I thought that level of stupidity ended in the seventies. That shit was sad.

[Tully365]

yeah but it's Asian people. Nobody cares if you're racist against them.

Well, nobody except the 1.3 billion Chinese people and 3+billion Asians worldwide.

[Brutalis]

That's not racist. Geez people need to lighten the fuck up and stop being little pussy ass titty babies.

[I. Hustle]

Well, nobody except the 1.3 billion Chinese people and 3+billion Asians worldwide.

Exactly. They are hardly even noticeable unless they are hosting the Olympics.

It would have been better if they had chili bowl haircut wigs

[dickface]

That's not racist. Geez people need to lighten the fuck up and stop being little pussy ass titty babies.

Yeah exactly. You know what IS racist? The fact that we celebrate MLK's b-day but not Robert E. Lee's! Fuck that!

[dickface]

it would have been better if they were cooking various house pets.

[Brutalis]

There's always been a lot of racism in spanish sports, so no surprises there.

Proof 1 (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article3301086.ece)

Proof 2 (http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2004/oct/07/newsstory.sport5)

Proof 3 (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=359957&&cc=5739)

Can't decide who is worse, the Italians or the Spaniards.

Slovenians.

[Findog]

Your poll becomes pretty worthless when you're asking about racism and also asking if a rival poster is "a fag."

Hard to believe there wasn't one guy on that team who didn't question this or refuse to participate.

He didn't call anyone a "fag," he called spamlongII a "spamming fag."

Big difference.

[Tully365]

Yeah exactly. You know what IS racist? The fact that we celebrate MLK's b-day but not Robert E. Lee's! Fuck that!

:dizzy
whoa.

[Doug Collins]

Yeah exactly. You know what IS racist? The fact that we celebrate MLK's b-day but not Robert E. Lee's! Fuck that!

Black Entertainment Television is also racist.

[Doug Collins]

Fucking Euro spics

I find the term "Euro spics" offensive towards us regular spics. Fuckin' Euro pieces of shit.

[I. Hustle]

It would have been better if they were all drunk and doing Kung Fu while singing karaoke.

[Findog]

In the interest of equal opportunity, shouldn't we have Korean Entertainment Television, Slovenian Entertainment Television. How come the blacks get their own network?

[ploto]

It's TMZ. Is that even an authentic photo?

Every hand looks like the exact same hand just rotated.

[MajorMike]

I find "Miss Black USA Pagent" type stuff very racist. I mean, a black girl can get Miss USA but a white girl can't be Miss Black USA?? What's up with that?

[ChumpDumper]

Why would TMZ fake that?

[I. Hustle]

Black Entertainment Television is also racist.

Imagine if there was a channel called White Entertainment Television. People would shit bricks but because it's Black Entertainment Television :jack

[Tully365]

Equal opportunity thread for dummies.

[nkdlunch]

Imagine if there was a channel called White Entertainment Television.

It's called CMT

[dickface]

Equal opportunity thread for dummies.

that's racist.

[ploto]

Why would TMZ fake that?

Spain is the biggest threat to the US team-- current world champions??

[ChumpDumper]

Spain is the biggest threat to the US team??That's a conspiracy theory of Nbadan proportions.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2540221/Spanish-basketball-red-faced-over-slit-eyed-Olympic-photo.html

[Findog]

It's called CMT

:lmao

[MajorMike]

It's called CMT


http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:NiWpBfgGX-I5xM:http://www.rayspages.co.uk/index_files/CPride1.jpghttp://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:FMnYL28zb3LNpM:http://img.gactv.com/GAC/2006/05/18/nealmccoy7_e.jpg

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:CscgTxg2ZwJUvM:http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/statusainthood/archives/images/CBT.jpghttp://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:eZ0JUImkt75P1M:http://www.thanksforthemusic.com/images/associations/ACM/1999/party/1a.jpg

[I. Hustle]

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:NiWpBfgGX-I5xM:http://www.rayspages.co.uk/index_files/CPride1.jpghttp://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:FMnYL28zb3LNpM:http://img.gactv.com/GAC/2006/05/18/nealmccoy7_e.jpg

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:CscgTxg2ZwJUvM:http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/statusainthood/archives/images/CBT.jpghttp://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:eZ0JUImkt75P1M:http://www.thanksforthemusic.com/images/associations/ACM/1999/party/1a.jpg

:lol You don't have to call me Charlie Pride

[tlongII]

:spam:

[ChumpDumper]

It's TMZ. Is that even an authentic photo?

Every hand looks like the exact same hand just rotated.http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/b/b1/Shopped_sea.jpg

[E20]

You know who are the most racist?

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[Hemotivo]

a mix between the two = Argentines :lol

:lmao

[Pero]

:lol at this thread.

[I. Hustle]

If you don't laugh at this thread you are racist. http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper600/stills/m67u92d9.jpg

[Tully365]

Look at the poll results. tlong11 voted for himself as a spamming fag. Now that's funny!

[ThunderStix®]

That's not racist. Geez people need to lighten the fuck up and stop being little pussy ass titty babies.

+1 They were just acting stupid, although Team USA probably wouldn't get away with that. :lol

[manufor3]

tlong voted for tlong is a spamming fag!!! :lmao

[Borosai]

I couldn't even tell what they were doing until I read the description. They just look stupid.

[Brutalis]

I find "Miss Black USA Pagent" type stuff very racist. I mean, a black girl can get Miss USA but a white girl can't be Miss Black USA?? What's up with that?

It's just typical double standards of the country. Nobody will dare oppose it, or oppose "black" only colleges and events because they are the minority. No matter how wrong it is they would scream murder and the last thing our government wants is that minority rebelling and acting out in violence so they pretty much give them what they want.

[Doug Collins]

It's just typical double standards of the country. Nobody will dare oppose it, or oppose "black" only colleges and events because they are the minority. No matter how wrong it is they would scream murder and the last thing our government wants is that minority rebelling and acting out in violence so they pretty much give them what they want.

Except for them 40 acres and a mule...oops.

[dickface]

It's just typical double standards of the country. Nobody will dare oppose it, or oppose "black" only colleges and events because they are the minority. No matter how wrong it is they would scream murder and the last thing our government wants is that minority rebelling and acting out in violence so they pretty much give them what they want.

WOW, can it get any more ignorant than this?

So tell me, the last time "that minority" had a big civil rights protest, who were the ones being violent? Was it "that minority" that quietly sat in restaurants and held rallys, or was it the white people that turned hoses on them, sic'd dogs on them, and oh yeah lynched them and put burning crosses on their fucking front yards?

[JamStone]

Yeah it's not really racist. People shouldn't make too much of it.

At the same time, it's pretty distasteful if you think about it. These aren't 12 year old boys playing pick-up basketball and making jokes. These are Olympic athletes representing their country. Act right.

[Doug Collins]

Yeah it's not really racist. People shouldn't make too much of it.

At the same time, it's pretty distasteful if you think about it. These aren't 12 year old boys playing pick-up basketball and making jokes. These are Olympic athletes representing their country. Act right.

You're expecting too much from Spaniards

[Pero]

Yeah it's not really racist. People shouldn't make too much of it.

At the same time, it's pretty distasteful if you think about it. These aren't 12 year old boys playing pick-up basketball and making jokes. These are Olympic athletes representing their country. Act right.

What if they are? :p:

[RonMexico]

Does anyone here even like Spaniards? I've been to Madrid and I hate those greasy pieces of shit. I mean... Pau Gasol?

Also, anyone who posts a pic of Nick Swardson deserves a +1 (I.Hustle).

[I. Hustle]

WOW, can it get any more ignorant than this?

So tell me, the last time "that minority" had a big civil rights protest, who were the ones being violent? Was it "that minority" that quietly sat in restaurants and held rallys, or was it the white people that turned hoses on them, sic'd dogs on them, and oh yeah lynched them and put burning crosses on their fucking front yards?

:lol that's before looting was invented

[I. Hustle]

Does anyone here even like Spaniards? I've been to Madrid and I hate those greasy pieces of shit. I mean... Pau Gasol?

Also, anyone who posts a pic of Nick Swardson deserves a +1 (I.Hustle).

:tu

[ChumpDumper]

"black" only colleges?

[dickface]

so do we have any actual Asians who want to comment on this? Or have we had any here who will admit their Asian-ness? I'm guessing they're the only ones who can intelligently comment on how offensive this really is, and not a bunch of nerdy white kids. For example, what if the Spanish team was making fun of Battlestar Galactica, how would you guys feel then? Yeah, exactly.

[Brutalis]

?

Shorter College in Little Rock for one.

[dickface]

Shorter College in Little Rock for one.

All races are allowed into any of these "black" colleges.

[mavs>spurs2]

who gives a fuck it's just asians

[Brutalis]

WOW, can it get any more ignorant than this?

So tell me, the last time "that minority" had a big civil rights protest, who were the ones being violent? Was it "that minority" that quietly sat in restaurants and held rallys, or was it the white people that turned hoses on them, sic'd dogs on them, and oh yeah lynched them and put burning crosses on their fucking front yards?

Instead why don't you tell me what the hell that has to do with anything I said. The past is the past, and what happened was wrong. My state went through the worst desegregation process than any other. I know what happened back then. So aside from my point why don't you try making one too.

[dickface]

Instead why don't you tell me what the hell that has to do with anything I said. The past is the past, and what happened was wrong. My state went through the worst desegregation process than any other. I know what happened back then. So aside from my point why don't you try making one too.

You had a point beyond "I'm an ignorant dumbass"?

[I. Hustle]

so do we have any actual Asians who want to comment on this? Or have we had any here who will admit their Asian-ness? I'm guessing they're the only ones who can intelligently comment on how offensive this really is, and not a bunch of nerdy white kids. For example, what if the Spanish team was making fun of Battlestar Galactica, how would you guys feel then? Yeah, exactly.

:lol @ your anger

[The Franchise]

It's just typical double standards of the country. Nobody will dare oppose it, or oppose "black" only colleges and events because they are the minority. No matter how wrong it is they would scream murder and the last thing our government wants is that minority rebelling and acting out in violence so they pretty much give them what they want.

:wtf

[Brutalis]

All races are allowed into any of these "black" colleges.

Two white kids fresh from high school in 1995 tried to enroll. They were denied. The supreme court wouldn't even hear their case, and it didn't even make the evening news just a newspaper article. Imagine how much just that stirred the black community here. I even heard comments of "typical white people always trying to take the few things we got." Laugh out loud.

I'm sure there's been white kids in and our of these schools though. But I know one girl that was beat to a pulp for attending one, and later transferred. They are black colleges. And white people are not accepted there. Enrolled sure, but what happens after that? UAPB in Pine Bluff for another example.

[Brutalis]

You had a point beyond "I'm an ignorant dumbass"?

You're an ignorant dumb ass? Well no shit.

[RonMexico]

:lol @ your anger

Yeah, I don't think it matters that we comment on whether the Spanish are racist or Asians are offended. This thread has one of two conclusions: are Spaniards greasy bastards or is tlongII a spamming tool?

However, as a white Italian, I'm very offended when people make Mafia jokes... oh, wait, no I'm not because I whack them.

[The Franchise]

Two white kids fresh from high school in 1995 tried to enroll. They were denied. The supreme court wouldn't even hear their case, and it didn't even make the evening news just a newspaper article. Imagine how much just that stirred the black community here. I even heard comments of "typical white people always trying to take the few things we got." Laugh out loud.

I'm sure there's been white kids in and our of these schools though. But I know one girl that was beat to a pulp for attending one, and later transferred. They are black colleges. And white people are not accepted there. Enrolled sure, but what happens after that? UAPB in Pine Bluff for another example.
Link? You can't just say these things without evidence.

[I. Hustle]

http://www.pjhlaw.co.uk/uploads/images/Racist_sheep.jpg

[I. Hustle]

http://notsocalm.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/racist-lolcat-2.jpg

[Brutalis]

Link? You can't just say these things without evidence.

While posting I had searched for the 1995 event that happened. I didn't find anything. I didn't expect to anyways it only made the local paper. I know what happened, and don't need that approval much less yours either, n00b.

[I. Hustle]

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/nolimitscguy/Mexicans.jpg

[RonMexico]

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/nolimitscguy/Mexicans.jpg

I bet a white man forced them to laugh in that picture.

[The Franchise]

While posting I had searched for the 1995 event that happened. I didn't find anything. I didn't expect to anyways it only made the local paper. I know what happened, and don't need that approval much less yours either, n00b.

RIIIGGHHT.

[Brutalis]

Dummy.

[ChumpDumper]

Two white kids fresh from high school in 1995 tried to enroll. They were denied.Maybe they were just stupid.


I'm sure there's been white kids in and our of these schools though. But I know one girl that was beat to a pulp for attending one, and later transferred. They are black colleges. And white people are not accepted there. Enrolled sure, but what happens after that?They take classes and graduate.

[I. Hustle]

I bet a white man forced them to laugh in that picture.

Only if they wanted their beans

[RonMexico]

Only if they wanted their beans

They don't need no stinkin' beans.

[JamStone]

Two white kids fresh from high school in 1995 tried to enroll. They were denied. The supreme court wouldn't even hear their case, and it didn't even make the evening news just a newspaper article. Imagine how much just that stirred the black community here. I even heard comments of "typical white people always trying to take the few things we got." Laugh out loud.

I'm sure there's been white kids in and our of these schools though. But I know one girl that was beat to a pulp for attending one, and later transferred. They are black colleges. And white people are not accepted there. Enrolled sure, but what happens after that? UAPB in Pine Bluff for another example.

You obviously didn't watch "A Different World" or the movie "Drumline" because Marisa Tomei and the white drummer dude were well liked at both those schools.

On a serious note, traditional HBCs do not reject applications of white students, nor are there quotas or limits to the number of white students at those schools. That doesn't mean it would be easy for a white student to attend a college that is 95-98% black. Of course it won't be. And, the HBCs in the south are typically tougher against white students. You can imagine why. The traditions of black colleges are still firmly rooted in the history of African Americans and on the foundations of the struggles of African Americans up to and during the civil rights times.

There is still plenty racism to varying degrees throughout the country, and it's not just primarily in black communities against white people.

[jack sommerset]

Nope.

[tomtom]

so do we have any actual Asians who want to comment on this? Or have we had any here who will admit their Asian-ness? I'm guessing they're the only ones who can intelligently comment on how offensive this really is, and not a bunch of nerdy white kids. For example, what if the Spanish team was making fun of Battlestar Galactica, how would you guys feel then? Yeah, exactly.

I'm Vietnamese. Eh it's not that big of a deal but it's certainly distasteful. Not sure what they were trying to prove to themselves or what the hell they were doing blank. But yeah this is just childish stuff nothing to get riled over. And as some others have said they are in the olympics aren't showing the class they should be.

[Spuradicator]

Ehh, I laughed

[Brutalis]

You obviously didn't watch "A Different World" or the movie "Drumline" because Marisa Tomei and the white drummer dude were well liked at both those schools.

:lmao @ referring to movies for point validation


On a serious note, traditional HBCs do not reject applications of white students, nor are there quotas or limits to the number of white students at those schools. That doesn't mean it would be easy for a white student to attend a college that is 95-98% black. Of course it won't be. And, the HBCs in the south are typically tougher against white students. You can imagine why. The traditions of black colleges are still firmly rooted in the history of African Americans and on the foundations of the struggles of African Americans up to and during the civil rights times.

Maybe they don't reject them now, but they have before in the past. And I agree with the rest. Nothing new.


There is still plenty racism to varying degrees throughout the country, and it's not just primarily in black communities against white people.

I never said different and I agree with that.

[JamStone]

Why laugh at an obvious sarcastic comment?

I even said "on a serious note" in the very next paragraph.

[ThunderStix®]

so do we have any actual Asians who want to comment on this? Or have we had any here who will admit their Asian-ness? I'm guessing they're the only ones who can intelligently comment on how offensive this really is, and not a bunch of nerdy white kids. For example, what if the Spanish team was making fun of Battlestar Galactica, how would you guys feel then? Yeah, exactly.

I could care less what anyone says about me or my race. Anyone who cares about skin color is just stupid.

We're all God's children, and we're all the same in his eyes. That's all that matters.

[Tully365]

For example, what if the Spanish team was making fun of Battlestar Galactica, how would you guys feel then? Yeah, exactly.

:wtf:dizzy

[century]

I always liked Bobby Slayton's chinese waiter impression. Chicken or POOOOOOK?!?!?!:lol:lol:lol

Stop being pussies.

[Indazone]

Posing for an ad for a courier company, the team pulled their eyes back, mocking the physical appearance of the Chinese. The ad appeared on a full page in the sports daily Marca (http://www.marca.com/), Spain's top-selling newspaper, according to the Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/11/olympicsbasketball.olympics20081).

The ad reportedly included two photos (the men and women's basketball teams) where athletes pose in Olympic uniforms on a basketball court. The court has the imprint of a Chinese dragon on it, and the athletes appear to be pulling their eyes back.

Among the group of athletes in the ad are Jose Calderon (Toronto Raptors point guard), LA Lakers forward Pau Gasol and Rudy Fernandez (a rookie for the Portland Trail Blazers), according to the CBC (http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/basketball/story/2008/08/11/olympics-basketball-spain-controversy.html).

The courier company is an official sponsor of the Spanish Basketball Federation. The team says no offence was intended with the ad.

Spain's racial insensitivities come at a horrible time, as the country is still bidding to host the Games in Madrid in 2016 or 2020.

Spain has also been criticized in the past for making monkey chants at England's black soccer players in a November 2004 friendly match in Madrid. The Spanish football federation was fined by Fifa, the world governing body, for that incident.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/258469/Olympic_Faux_Pas_Spanish_Team_Accused_of_Racist_Ge stures_in_Newspaper_Ad

[myhc]

so do we have any actual Asians who want to comment on this? Or have we had any here who will admit their Asian-ness? I'm guessing they're the only ones who can intelligently comment on how offensive this really is, and not a bunch of nerdy white kids. For example, what if the Spanish team was making fun of Battlestar Galactica, how would you guys feel then? Yeah, exactly.

I'm Korean. Am I offended? You bet I am. That's most certainly a racist gesture, one I've unfortunately run into a handful of times in the past and been jumped a couple of times because of it. You tend to never forget the ugliness behind gestures/comments like that after being chased by 3 dudes with pipes after getting the whole mock Bruce Lee bit. So no, I'm not going to "get over it" like someone said earlier. Having said that, I think you have to look at intent. I will give them the benefit of the doubt and say they probably didn't have any kind of malicious intent when they took that picture. Stupid? Ignorant? Incredibly immature? Absolutely. I know Pau Gasol appologized and I accept it. Learn and let's move on. Now I just hope our boys destroy Spain by 30.

[debo]

its more immature than racist. but at the same time, who cares? not me. let the Spaniards and Chinese work it out.

[monosylab1k]

Jason Kidd actually had a great point about this. What if this was the U.S. team that did this? Every last one of them would be villified and David Stern probably would have suspensions ready to hand out to everyone involved as soon as they got back.

It most definitely would have been considered racist, and the rest of the world would have gone completely apeshit over Americans mocking Asians in that way. But since it's some silly Spaniards, it's "no big deal".

Making that slanty eye gesture is just as offensive as if they had gotten dressed up in blackface. But for whatever reason there's a double standard, actually two of them. A) because they're European it's more acceptable to the rest of the world, and B) because they're making fun of Asians and not black people it's more acceptable to America.

[RonMexico]

Jason Kidd actually had a great point about this. What if this was the U.S. team that did this? Every last one of them would be villified and David Stern probably would have suspensions ready to hand out to everyone involved as soon as they got back.

It most definitely would have been considered racist, and the rest of the world would have gone completely apeshit over Americans mocking Asians in that way. But since it's some silly Spaniards, it's "no big deal".

Making that slanty eye gesture is just as offensive as if they had gotten dressed up in blackface. But for whatever reason there's a double standard, actually two of them. A) because they're European it's more acceptable to the rest of the world, and B) because they're making fun of Asians and not black people it's more acceptable to America.

I'll disagree on point B because I think it's unacceptable to make fun of both black people and Asians and I'm a huge racist. Although I expect that if China wins the medal count, there will be an increase in Asian hate-crimes.

[Spuradicator]

I'm Korean. Am I offended? You bet I am. That's most certainly a racist gesture, one I've unfortunately run into a handful of times in the past and been jumped a couple of times because of it. You tend to never forget the ugliness behind gestures/comments like that after being chased by 3 dudes with pipes after getting the whole mock Bruce Lee bit. So no, I'm not going to "get over it" like someone said earlier. Having said that, I think you have to look at intent. I will give them the benefit of the doubt and say they probably didn't have any kind of malicious intent when they took that picture. Stupid? Ignorant? Incredibly immature? Absolutely. I know Pau Gasol appologized and I accept it. Learn and let's move on. Now I just hope our boys destroy Spain by 30.

You are Korean, not Chinese.

[ambchang]

Judging whether the gesture was inherently racist based on the reaction is flawed. Some people can take a mean-spirited attack and let it roll off their back, while others can take an innocent comment as an offense.

By definition, the team find humour in the appearance of one race, which is racist in and of itself. There really is not point arguing this.

Were they intended to mock? Probably not, but to run a full page ad with race jokes while, I assume, they have no knowledge of the taunts received by East Asians based on this exact joke in "comedies" of the 50's and 60's is ignorant .

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

It certainly is insensitive, insulting, immature and unnecessary, but I doubt they are all card-carrying KKK members.

An apology would be appropriate... and fire whoever thought that picture would be a good idea! :lol